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2025.07.21 17:45 GMT+8

Faces of China's local markets

Updated 2025.07.21 17:45 GMT+8
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A cultural landmark today, Beijing's iconic ‌Panjiayuan Antique Market‌ evolved organically from a humble 1990s flea market. Chen Bo/CGTN

Beijing's Shilihe Tianjiao Culture City features several thousand stalls packed with exquisite cultural artifacts. Chen Bo/CGTN

A kite shop in Beijing's Shilihe Tianjiao Culture City features several thousand stalls packed with exquisite cultural artifacts. Chen Bo/CGTN

A cultural landmark today, Beijing's iconic ‌Panjiayuan Antique Market‌ evolved organically from a humble 1990s flea market. Chen Bo/CGTN

Step into the vibrant tapestry of China's grassroots commerce, where local markets, brimming with culture, showcase a wealth of souvenirs, agricultural products, art, and craftsmanship. From dawn's first steamed buns to twilight's neon-lit stalls, each frame immortalizes the rhythm of haggling grandmothers and knife-dancing noodle masters. 

The lens lingers on calloused hands weighing justice on rusty scales, pyramids of handwoven baskets, and wrinkled smiles behind persimmon carts. These unscripted moments, where mahjong tiles click beside drying chilies and alley cats patrol fish stalls, pulse with life. More than a documentary, it's a love letter to the human warmth sustaining China's marketplace soul.

The Dali fair in Beijing showcased items from the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China, which is home to the Bai ethnic group. Chen Bo/CGTN

An ornamental fish shop at Beijing's Shilihe Tianjiao Culture City. Chen Bo/CGTN

A vendor at a recent Dali fair in Beijing showcases items at her stall. The Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China is home to the Bai ethnic group. Chen Bo/CGTN

A vendor at a recent Dali fair in Beijing showcases items at his stall. The Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China is home to the Bai ethnic group. Chen Bo/CGTN

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